Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S9 explained

Event:	Men's 100m Freestyle S9
Games:	2008 Summer
Win Value:	55.30
Venue:	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates:	8 September
Competitors:	20
Nations:	11
Gold:	Matthew Cowdrey
Goldnpc:	AUS
Silver:	Guo Zhi
Silvernpc:	CHN
Bronze:	Tamás Sors
Bronzenpc:	HUN

The men's 100m freestyle S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 8 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:58.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			57.59	Q, PR
2			58.94
3			59.07
4			59.08
5			59.18
6			59.37

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			56.24	Q, PR
2			57.82	Q
3			58.72	Q
4			58.82
5			58.97
6			59.00
7

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			56.53	Q
2			57.35	Q
3			57.93	Q
4			58.29	Q
5			59.56
6			59.70
7			59.99

Final

Competed at 20:22.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			55.30	WR
			56.13
			56.80
4			57.12
5			57.29
6			57.55
7			58.14
8			58.68

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• Web site: Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Freestyle S9. International Paralympic Committee. 21 September 2012.
• Web site: Schedules & Results - Swimming. https://web.archive.org/web/20080930184928/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/Schedule/SW.shtml. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 21 September 2012. 30 September 2008.